English MCQs
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Having received your letter this morning, we are writing to thank you for the same.
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D: no error
[Make meaningful sentences using the following jumble] 'You're obviously wrong, and not for the first time -----. P) all by yourself-you needn't imagine that Q) you'll have to walk to the nearest garage R) and because of such foresight S) I will keep you company
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C: PQRS
[Make meaningful sentences using the following jumble] One cannot recall any movement --------. P) Which has gripped the imagination to the entire human race Q) in world history R) which started nearly twenty-five years ago S) So completely and so rapidly as the green Movement
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B: RSQP
[Change the voice] he has a gut feeling that his brother may be keeping a secret.
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A: He has a gut feeling that a secret may be being kept by his brother.
Reggie often says that appeals from charitable contributions make him depressed over the plight of unfortunate people. However, Reggie has never given even a dime to charity. What does the second sentence do in relation to the first?
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D: It analyzes the reasoning of the first.
Choose the correct spelling -----.
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A: exacerbate
The modern desire for wealth is not inherent in human nature, and varies with social values. If, by law, we all had exactly the same income, we should have to find some other way of being superior to our peers, as most of our craving for material possessions would cease. Thus a general increase of wealth gives no competitive advantage to an individual and therefore brings him no competitive happiness. [Identify the most logical conclusion.]
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C: There is no competitive advantage to an individual in getting a general increase of wealth
[Improve the bracketed part of the sentence] (Despite record governmental spending) on drug and alcohol prevention programs, the number of children turning to these harmful and addictive substance remains steady.
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D: no improvement required
For marketing purpose, the automobile industry might want to dust off its slogan "power to the people". Detroit and the foreign automakers are in a horsepower war not seen since the muscle car era of the 1960s. What does the second sentence do?
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B: It explains the idea in the first sentence
Dr. Jon's ----- as a general practitioner, are quite affordable Smith described his rival's ----- as baseless and malicious
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A: recrimination
The visit had uniq start with the President ----- his home state and in doing so, ----- his priorities.
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D: showcasing, signaling
I cannot stoop ----- meanness.
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C: to
Art still does not make news, ----- the story has political --------.
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A: until, bickering
He couldn't but help shedding tears at the plight of the villagers rendered homeless by a devastating cyclone.
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A: he couldn't but help
[Improve the following bracket part of the sentence keeping the meaning unchanged] The move comes against the readiness of foreign baby food brands as many chinese shun local dairy products tainted by milk scandals.
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A: in the midst of rising popularity of
Entrance test scores are one of the most important considerations for acceptance into college, However, High school grad-point average and accomplishments are also considered.
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B: addition
For most of the poor, the U.S. is no longer the land of opportunity. It is two or three times as difficult for children of poor families to rise above their economic circumstances as economistis reckoned in the 1970 and 1980s What does the second sentence do?
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C: It provides supporting evidence.
[Identity an appropriate substitution.] the shareholders attending the meeting were (hostile and aggressive). this set the mood of the unfortunate meeting.
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B: belligerent
[Change the speech] "I don't know the way, do you?" She asked.
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B: She said that she didn't know the way and asked me if I did
[Improve the following bracket part of the sentence keeping the meaning unchanged] As the judge has already decided the case. further defense is useless.
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A: The judge having decided the case
Conventions are customs which are more practiced than preached; morals are customs which are more preached than practiced. They are duties which we require of our neighbors. Morals, etymology and history, derive from customs which are considered essential to the health and preservation of the group.
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C: Convertions and morals both are derived form customs
[Create meaningful sentence form the following jumble] Paradoxically, -------. P) with which he was charged, Q) the imputation, R) the guiltier he was of the offense S) the ore he resented
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B: QPRS
[Identify an appropriate substitution] He will (not go unless he is compelled)
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A: go only under compulsion
One who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless --------.
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D: nihilist
If you look, you will find a hole in the side of every ship that allows water to drain from the deck?
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D: scupper
[Choose the best option to make a pair matching the pair given on the left] Deprivation : protest :: Catastrophe : -----------?
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B: Protect
The government must now ----- its seriousness by moving away from the ---- policies of the past.
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D: demonstrate, flawed
[Create meaningful sentence form the following jumble] Rather than refuting ------. P) the claim, the author clearly Q) the reader's sympathy R) acknowledges
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D: PRSQ
Teachers ----- of the English subject was really good. The mother had to ----- to the door-handle with all her strength to get the baby out.
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B: grasp
Earlier Regulatory Act on Jallikattu bull race was ----- as an anthropocentric law that was ----- to the eco-centric law against cruelty to animals
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C: dismissed, repugnant
[Pin point the error] Will the drought have much affect on the crops next month?
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C: affect
Many times the news has been published in the newspapers that end of the world will be certain if a nuclear war breaks out.
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D: no error
[Choose the best option to make a pair matching the pair given on the left] Renounce : Abjure :: Abet : ---------?
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B: Relinquish
[Change toe voice] If you are doing something important, you are working to make change happen
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A: If something important is being done, work is being done to make change happen
I'd been (pounding the pavement) for months. Now this job pays me a living wage. But, I don't complain. Fighting is in my nature. The bracketed idiom means -------.
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B: to look for a job
Grass seeds can move from continent to continent by attaching themselves to the fur of animals and to the clothes and belongings of man. The slave trade brouth three grasses, including Bermuda grass, from Africa to the United states. What does the second sentence do?
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C: It gives an example
George washington was very much admired as a soldier and statesman. However, in his private life, he was described by some as proud and demanding [What does the second sentence do?]
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C: contrast
"is helen really going to start a journey to climb Mount Everest or is she just blowing smoke?" here 'blowing smoke' means ----
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B: boasting with prejudice
Choose the correct spelling ------.
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A: clairvoyant
If a man is not rich, admiration and respect are not given to him by other people, Accordingly this may be the chief reason why people wish to be richer and richer. The veneration form other people may be a greater sourcher of happiness than the money or possessions themselves [The logical conclusion of this passage is that;]
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D: Man is happy when he is admired by other people
Fill in the blank. The encyclopedia costs _____the other one.
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B: twice as much as
[Select appropriate phrase and idioms] 'Pardon my french but you are dirty'. Here 'pardon my French' means -
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A: Excuse for swear words
[Identify the most appropriate relationship between the two bracket sentences] (Social studies focus on the complexity of our social environment. the subject combines the study of history and the social sciences.) What does the second sentence do?
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A: It expands on the first sentence.
[Answer the question based on what is stated or implied in the statement or passage.] With varying success, many women around the world today struggle for equal rights. Historically world today struggle for equal rights. Historically, women have achieved greater equality with men during periods of social adversity - revolution, war, and the rigours of pioneering in an underdeveloped land the essential element that improved the status of women was a shortage of men. We can conclude that-
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C: historically, women have only achieved equality through force
[Change the speech] The teacher said to Mukesh, "Congratulations! Wish you success in life."
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B: The teacher congratulated Mukesh and wished him success in life
[Which of the following options constitutes a complete and meaningful sentence?] It is a rule (p) by anyone and admit (Q) that must not (R) of no variation (S) be violated
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A: QSPR
[Change the voice] Who is creating this mess?
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D: By whom is this mess being created?
Money, as a means of exchange, is becoming less common in modern societies all over the world. Every year, a higher percentage of purchases are made online, and even in stores customers are now using credit cards. Many people today do all of their banking on the Internet. The author of the passage probably assumes that
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A: cash will become obsolete in the near future
What is he singular of Agenda?
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A: Agendum
InEnglish grammar , ____ deals with the origin and history of the words.
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D: Etymology